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Matisse sketch stolen in Berlin

More than 30 artworks, including prints by Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso, have been stolen from a Berlin gallery.

The artworks - worth an estimated 180,000 euros ($250,000/£173,000) - were stolen over the New Year holiday.

Picasso's 1947 Profil au Fond Noir and Nude in a Rocking Chair (1913) by Matisse are among the pieces missing.

The works, including sculptures and etchings, were taken from the Fasanengalerie, a private gallery near western Berlin's shopping district...

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